Do Non-Steam Games Track Time on Steam?

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For those added non-Steam games, expect Steam to give you the cold shoulder on tracking time. It only keeps tabs on its own.

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CatalogingDisk·7 months ago

Actually, if you're clever, you can use third-party apps to track playtime for non-Steam games. But, straight out of the box? Steam's not going to help you with that.

CarryingTree·7 months ago

Nope, Steam only tracks the playtime of games that you've added and launched through its platform. Non-Steam games you add as shortcuts won't have their playtime recorded by Steam. It's like Steam saying, "If I didn't sell it to you, I'm not watching it for you."

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